Amazing... Wonderful tutorial!!!! Joshua, it's a pleasure to be able to say hello and how wonderful is your work for me...I work also as drawer but as storyboard artist and character design for animation but I follow your work from here, in Spain and a couple of months ago I buy your comic book called NYX about a script of Joe Quesada... Well... now it's a referent... marvellous drawing and colour... Overcoat your part!!! Also your narrative... it's flow!!!Well, it's a pleasure to discover your blog!!!I will visit it suddenly hoping to find new "lessons".Saludos from Spain!!!!

To answer a couple of questions, everything was done on a single layer, the canvas, in Painter. I try to keep it simple and approach these sketches as if I were using real paint and brushes. The digital pencil lines are just painted out gradually with opaque color as the sketch progresses.

I also made a conscious effort not to zoom in, firstly because it makes for a nicer viewing experience, and secondly because it prevents me from getting wrapped up too much in the details. I zoomed in on the wire after much internal debate, but I just couldn't see it well enough. I suppose by zooming I was simulating leaning in very close to the canvas. Normally, I zoom in and out quite a bit, as it is easier than getting up and standing back from the canvas, or in this case, the monitor.

It is important, however, to look at a piece as a whole, and not fuss over unimportant detail. High resolution has made it possible to render every pore on a face if desired, but it is almost always pointless.

Thank you for the kind words, Antonio. I am happy you were able to find my work in Spain.